The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... charge , they repelled the third attack , though made by overwhelming numbers . There was fighting everywhere to - day . The rebel artillery was thundering on our rear guard at White Oak Swamp bridge ; where the roads crossed at right ...
... charge , they repelled the third attack , though made by overwhelming numbers . There was fighting everywhere to - day . The rebel artillery was thundering on our rear guard at White Oak Swamp bridge ; where the roads crossed at right ...
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... charge those nearest him . General Williams held the right , and Augur the left , of the line of battle . General Prince , of the latter division , advanced his brigade from this part of the field , supported by General Geary , who ...
... charge those nearest him . General Williams held the right , and Augur the left , of the line of battle . General Prince , of the latter division , advanced his brigade from this part of the field , supported by General Geary , who ...
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... seem a desperate case for Jackson . Between him and the Gap , lay twenty - five thousand men — behind him , ready to fall on him in the morning , were twenty - five thousand A BAYONET CHARGE . 61 more , while the rebel.
... seem a desperate case for Jackson . Between him and the Gap , lay twenty - five thousand men — behind him , ready to fall on him in the morning , were twenty - five thousand A BAYONET CHARGE . 61 more , while the rebel.
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... charge on the enemy's left , which doubled it up , and forced it back , so that , when darkness put an end to the strife , we were masters of the field , but nothing more . In the attack on the enemy's left Grover's brigade , of ...
... charge on the enemy's left , which doubled it up , and forced it back , so that , when darkness put an end to the strife , we were masters of the field , but nothing more . In the attack on the enemy's left Grover's brigade , of ...
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... charge , though being directly in the field of his operations . Before he left Washington , he ha requested that the garrison be withdrawn , either to the Maryland Heights , which could be easily held , or sent to aid in covering the ...
... charge , though being directly in the field of his operations . Before he left Washington , he ha requested that the garrison be withdrawn , either to the Maryland Heights , which could be easily held , or sent to aid in covering the ...
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A. P. Hill advance army artillery assault attack Banks batteries BATTLE OF ANTIETAM BATTLE OF GAINES Bragg brave bridge brigade Buell Burnside campaign cannon captured cavalry charge Chattanooga close Colonel columns command commenced compelled Corinth Corps crossed Cumberland Gap dark dashed desperate division enemy enemy's fall back fell field fierce fight fire flank Fort Wagner forward Fredericksburg front gallant Grant gunboats guns Halleck heavy heights hill Hooker horses hundred Jackson James River latter Lee's line of battle McClellan McClernand meantime miles military Mississippi Morgan morning mountain moved movement Murfreesboro night numbers o'clock opened Porter position Potomac pressed prisoners pushed railroad Rappahannock reached rear rebellion regiment retreat Richmond road Rosecrans Savage Station sent Sherman shot and shell shout side siege soldiers stood storm stream struggle swept Tennessee thousand thunder troops Valley Vicksburg victory White Oak Swamp whole woods wounded